NLU Delhi, Mentblue launch Certificate Course on Mergers & Acquisitions: Due Diligence and Deal Making - Register Now!

India's M&A market has never been more active, and the gap between knowing transaction law and practising it has never mattered more. From structuring a term sheet and running legal due diligence, to negotiating an SPA, securing regulatory clearances and closing a cross-border deal, law firms no longer pay for learning curves. Day-one readiness is expected.

India's best law schools teach the law brilliantly. Nobody was teaching the deal.

To close that gap, National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi), through its Centre for Regulatory Studies (CRS), has partnered with Mentblue to launch The Practice Series, a joint initiative designed to take participants through the full lifecycle of a practice area the way it actually unfolds inside a Tier 1 law firm. The second course under The Practice Series, a Certificate Course on Mergers & Acquisitions: Due Diligence and Deal Making, commences June 20, 2026. Enrolments are open.

Why This Course?

Practitioner-led faculty. Partners and senior practitioners from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, JSA Advocates & Solicitors, Khaitan & Co. and AP & Partners. The lawyers who run M&A mandates for a living, not just teach about them.

End-to-end deal view. From term sheet to post-merger integration, the entire transaction lifecycle is taught in the sequence a deal actually unfolds, not as isolated topics.

Live deal scenarios. Real Indian and cross-border transactions. Annotated SPAs, redacted DD reports and term sheets, not sanitised case studies.

Internship opportunity with AP & Partners. The top performer in the cohort is offered an internship with AP & Partners, working alongside the firm's M&A practice on live mandates.

NLU Delhi certification. The course is supervised by the Centre for Regulatory Studies, NLU Delhi, and the certificate is issued by the University.

Flexible format. Weekend-only live sessions with six-month recording access, built for law students and working professionals alike.

What Will You Learn?

Module 1: M&A Foundations & Due Diligence. Life cycle of an M&A deal, introduction to due diligence, frameworks and document review in practice.

Module 2: Legal Framework & Primary Transaction Documents. Key provisions under the Companies Act, 2013, Share Purchase Agreement and Share Subscription Agreement.

Module 3: Deal Structuring & Investor Agreements. Shareholders' Agreement, PE/VC deal-specific clauses, and key provisions for listed companies including the Takeover Code and Insider Trading regulations.

Module 4: Regulatory, Tax & Negotiation. Tax aspects of M&A transactions and negotiation of transaction documents.

Module 5: Alternative Structures & Cross-Border Transactions. Business Transfer Agreements, Asset Transfer Agreements, Schemes of Arrangement and the FEMA regime for cross-border M&A.

Plus: Two dedicated assignment workshops, and a final session on career roadmap, AI tools and the future of transactional practice.

Course Faculty

The faculty includes Mr. Manish Gupta (Senior Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas), Sarthak Sarin (Partner, Khaitan & Co.), Rishabh Gupta (Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors), Saurabh Sharma (Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors), Romit Dey (Partner, AP & Partners), Sreetama Sen (Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas) and Akshay Pathak (Counsel, Khaitan & Co.), among others.

Programme Details

Duration: 15 live online sessions across 5 modules, June to August 2026

Schedule: Saturdays & Sundays, 10:00 AM IST

Mode: Online, Live (with 6-month recording access)

Eligibility: Law students (LL.B. / LL.M.), advocates and law firm associates, junior associates aiming to join M&A teams, CA/CS professionals advising on restructuring, investment bankers and in-house counsel

Fee: ₹12,000 for students, ₹15,000 for professionals (inclusive of all taxes). Group nominations from law firms, corporates and in-house teams accepted on request.

Certification: NLU Delhi Certificate of Completion, issued by the Centre for Regulatory Studies

Registration Details

Register at: https://rzp.io/rzp/M7MtxxI

Contact Information

Interested participants may also reach us at:

Email: support@mentblue.com

Phone: +91 92896 57727 / +91 96256 19518

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